Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / September 2004

as i understand (i was told) it:
the atlanta consumer expert on his wsb tv news segment this evening said to
utilize  one's sky mile trips asap
if anybody knows factually differently than this vague citation, then please

 The Air Transat website announces that they will operate all Montreal
flights from Montreal-Trudeau (formerly Dorval) airport from
November 1, 2004.
 Are other charter carriers also moving there; if so is this the end

I've updated my "FAQ about Airline Bankruptcies" to
include the latest bankruptcy of US Airways, what this
means for travellers, and what you can do if, like me
(in circumstances fitting one of the exceptions I

My parents have a coupon through AAPR that will give them a double
upgrade on a group C or D car. Can anyone tell what type of cars these
might be (e.g. compact, midsize, fullsize, and so on)?
Thanks in advance

I asked a stewardess for a drink and she replied to me that they would have a
cart service in about an hour. She noticed my jaw drop at that response (I
have flown many airlines, both international and domestic - I tend to fly by
schedule unless there are great fare differences - ...

According to today's newspaper
The Gatwick Express will NOT be withdrawn.
It's frequency will INCREASE.
It will run SIX times per hour instead of four

What are the best methods of watching DVDs in flight on a flight of 10
hours or more?
Any portable DVD video players have battery life that long?
What about copying DVDs to the local hard drive of your laptop so you

Good or bad for transatlantic flight? Child friendly or not ?

Hi there everyone!
My name is Christos. I am a student at Strathclyde University, Glasgow and
at the moment I am doing an MSc in Business Information Technology Systems
(BITS).

Since I had the total joy (not!)  of flying NWA's non-stop PWM-MSP service
this week, I am wondering if this is the longest regional jet  flight in the
States? Aircraft is a CRJ (44 seat version run by Pinnacle Airlines) , flight
time takeoff to touch down was 3hrs and a couple ...

We've got a three hour stop over at LAX soon (on our Las Vegas to
Orlando connection).. rather than just sit in the airport for three
hours is there any site seeing we could do (via taxi) in that time ?

[Yup, it's rta's very own Paul Tauger who is quoted below...]
http://travel2.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/travel/05prac.html?n=null&pagewanted=print
&position=
_The New York Times_
September 5, 2004

Witch airline do you think is the best overall foreconomy/coach travel
between the UK-US?
My vote gos to Virgin.
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Having Sex Until the Cows Come Home
Fri Sep 10, 2004 08:35 AM ET
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - What's a big cud-chewing Scottish cow have to do with preserving public decency?
According to the mayor of a small Dutch town, allowing Highland heifers to graze in a nearby nature reserve will ...

http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/000367.html
I don't normally mention specific fares, but there are
some exceptionally low prices available for purchase
tonight through travel agents that use the Sabre